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Buncombe County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Edward Buncombe
- Seat
- Asheville
- Largest city
- Asheville
- Total
- 659.95 sq mi (1,709.3 km )
- Land
- 656.50 sq mi (1,700.3 km )
- Water
- 3.45 sq mi (8.9 km ) 0.52%
- Estimate 2025
- 277,417
- Density
- 410.37/sq mi (158.44/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 11th
- Website
- buncombenc.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Woodfin
- Capital
- Asheville
- Population
- 269452
- Area
- 1709
- Shares border with
- Transylvania County
- Official website
- www.buncombecounty.org
- Image
- Mt-Pisgah-Fall.jpg
- Households
- 105177
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Buncombe County, North Carolina
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Buncombe County, North Carolina
- Commons category
- Buncombe County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Buncombe County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1791-12-05
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Buncombe County
- per capita income
- 33835
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Buncombe County (/ˈbʌŋkəm/ BUNK-um) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is classified within Western North Carolina. The 2020 census reported the population was 269,452, making it the 7th-most populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Asheville. Buncombe County is part of the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Buncombe County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.